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Making Kitchen Cabinets in My Off Grid Portugal Barn Conversion – Part 1

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Making Kitchen Cabinets in My Off Grid Portugal Barn Conversion – Part 1

The seemingly never-ending build of my kitchen cabinets in the corner of darkness continues! I’ve been hard at work finishing and assembling all the bits for my corner cabinet base and preparing the wall behind it. It’s been a mission but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel! My off grid barn conversion in Portugal is coming along… slowly!

I’ve done so much filming that this video is a two-parter with the cabinet conclusion out next Friday. I hope you enjoy this video! It’s an in-depth look at problem solving and my creative process while I try to finally finish this job off.

Please do leave a comment as I love hearing from you and I’m happy to answer any questions… thanks for watching!

00:00 Intro
01:47 Lime Assessment
03:08 Fastening Kitchen Base to Floor
04:40 Kitchen Cabinet Carpentry
09:55 Rock Destruction
13:19 Plastering Kitchen Corner Wall with Lime
22:28 Attempted Kitchen Cabinet Assembly
32:28 Thanks for Watching!

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21 COMMENTS

  1. Hi Kirsty, Personally I love these videos, and all your videos so far. For me (also attempting to renovate, but a home not a stone barn watching how you use your tools and what each sort can do is so helpful for me. Also the reality of your videos, how long it really takes, and things miscalculated, how to resolve them all brutal honest reality of what you are doing in creating your own home from scratch. Doing most of it yourself, as I said for me brilliant. Also encouraging. thanks so much

  2. Good morning a little tip on your grinder is probably time to change the electrical brushes in it they were out overtime and clean the armature With some steel wool to it is a shiny brass and blow it clean it’s an easy fix and put it back together and ready to go 👍✌️🤙❤️🇵🇹❤️

  3. I noticed in you video that you have some random, broken terracotta roof tiles and you have mentioned getting your timber ready for heating. If you add some broken tiles to your fire they will conduct and hold some heat. Any broken bits would be good.

  4. as an fyi: i like Your channel. with no Music. because when I watch channels from Portugal or any place…. with music, I mute it. reasons their taste is not mine or it does not match the video… some of the channels are friends of yours in Portugal… for me please do not worry about paying for music…. Luke & sarah have very little music. Love their channel. Nick and Andriea… I mute music because it does not do anything form me. ….. Cindy Vine.. love her but mute music.

  5. Looking forward to next week! I love your videos, they are so relaxing, but not I guess for you Kirsty. My late husband was a joiner, and I have his workshop with the majority of his tools, which I wish i could use!

  6. So enjoyed this video. I felt I was sharing each frustration with you and find your patience and problem-solving process really inspiring. Every time I seem to take on a DIY project it ends up being far more complicated than I expected or planned for. Which in turn generally leads me to either give up or certainly makes me less motivated to take on the next project. You are obviously far more skilled, but that aside, you just seem to approach things differently. That slow, methodical, thoughtful approach, taking on each setback creatively is what I need! I need a different mindset! Or perhaps a different brain! Also loved the fact you stopped for lots of naps. Self-care is a must! 'Squarish' is the way forward! Thank you. x

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